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While for many community organizations, including Parsiana, time may stand still, the grand clocks at our fire temples continue to tick. Those that show the correct hour and chime regularly are admired respectfully. The ones that work intermittently are looked at sympathetically. But those unable to keep pace are viewed dismissively.   In the first half of October this year we visited atash behrams and agiaries in south and central Bombay, interacted with a few priests, trustees and those restoring clocks, and learnt about the challenges of maintaining timepieces that may be over 100 years old. The longcase or floor clocks that......